Although I have passed the Pub on many occasions over the
years, I have only actually been in it two or three times. To be truthful it is
not my kind of pub and the reports I have heard about it recently are hardly
going to tempt me to alter my views.

However it was only when I was researching the article on the
nineteenth century industrialist Horatio Bright that I realised that the Tavern
had quite a long history - his house Lydgate Hall which sadly is now demolished
was not far from the pub. And rather surprisingly there is very little
information available about the history of the pub available either on-line or
in print.

On the left of the postcard is the Grocers shop of Henry
Bradbury whilst on the right is the Crosspool Tavern. The road is of course
Manchester Road

"The first Crosspool Tavern had originally been Mr. Joseph Sarson's cottage
and workshop. He died shortly after its conversion to a tavern in 1824. The
property remained in the family for over a hundred years, and Joseph's widow ran the
premises until the mid 1870s. It became a meeting place for the district and had
its own skittle alley. The tavern was totally rebuilt in 1930 and the last
member of the Sarson family to run it retired in 1935, having held the license
for 40 years"

I think that this information may be incorrect - the 1841 Census clearly
states that Joseph is still alive. When I checked the free BMD entries for the
period after 1841 I found two entries registering a death for a Joseph Sarson -

Joseph did not die soon after the conversion as stated, but sometime in the
period 1841 - 1851. He also did not change it into a tavern as suggested but a
beerhouse. This is confirmed by entries in subsequent trade directories and
censuses, White's Trade Directory from 1833 gives the following entry.

"Joseph Sarson Beerhouse and Scale presser Crosspool"

1841 Census - (Piece #1333/3, folio 6b, enumeration district 1.)

Sarson, Ann of Cross Pool, Ecclesall Bierlow. Aged 17 years.

Sarson, Ezra of Cross Pool, Ecclesall Bierlow. Aged 25 years.

Sarson, Josephe of Cross Pool, Ecclesall Bierlow. Aged 65 years.

Sarson, Sarah of Cross Pool, Ecclesall Bierlow. Aged 55 years.

Sarson, Sarah of Cross Pool, Ecclesall Bierlow. Aged 20 years.

Sarson, Thomas of Cross Pool, Ecclesall Bierlow. Aged 25 years.

He does not appear on the 1851 Census - SARAH SARSON is now the head of the
household

SARAH SARSON was 89 years of age when she died in 1873 - she had outlived her
husband Joseph by some thirty years - Death registered in the December quarter
of 1873 Sarson, Sarah 89, Ecclesall Bierlow Volume 9C Page 226

I am unsure of the period shortly after SARAH's death but I found that in
the June quarter of 1880, her grand-daughter LUCY ALICE CHAPPELL married a
SAMUEL LOVELL - Sheffield Volume 9C Page 452. The following years census
confirms this although it looks as though both SAMUEL and LUCY had children from
previous relationships

I need to check the 1891 and 1901 Census for further developments - the only
information I have to date for the period after 1881 is the following
information
George Ellis Beerhouse Manchester Road,
Crosspool White's 1919

1935 - "the third grand-daughter a Mrs Sarah Ann Ellis retired that
the continuity finished. Mrs Ellis had held the licence for forty years.
Her sister had only held it for three"

As you can see in the above photographs the building was
right up to the road. In fact in the 1930's there were actually two
Crosspool Taverns for a while, as the current building was opened immediately
behind the original. The old building was demolished soon afterwards.

1948 Albert Carter - Crosspool Tavern
Crosspool
1951 Malcolm Stoakes

Crosspool Tavern Pub News -
01/9/2006
"The Crosspool Tavern pub and restaurant on Manchester Road was fined £5,000 in
August after Sheffield City Council health protection officers took legal action
over its dirty kitchens. The pub's owner, Mitchells and Butler Retail Ltd,
pleaded guilty at Sheffield Magistrates' Court to the charges. The pub's manager
and kitchen staff have been now all been replaced"

Notes

Clough Fields Hunt - Tavern HQ

Plough Bullock Monday

February 1966

SARSON, Ezra (Metal Smith, age 46).
Died at 5 Brick St; Buried on July 5, 1897 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 7107, Section V2 of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield.SARSON, Sarah (Widow of Ezra, age 84).
Died at Ecclesall U Workhouse; Buried on April 6, 1903 in Consecrated
ground;
Grave Number 7107, Section V2 of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield.SARSON, William Henry (Child, age 6 mo).
Died at 19 Toyne St; Buried on October 7, 1905 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 7107, Section V2 of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield.